MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn Out — Less than a month ago I asked the MySpace Co-Presidents, Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn (pictured left), if it was possible to effectively run a company with two equal leaders. Their answer - they've made it work. I asked if they were both there for the long term.

Microsoft Announces Mobile OS for Enterprise Devices — Microsoft will soon release a new mobile OS for embedded and enterprise devices based on Windows Mobile 6.5, to be followed by an enterprise-focused version of Windows Phone 7 in 2011, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said by video …

WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” — Filed under Releases. — Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard).

Apple iPhone to Verizon drumbeat picks up (again) — A version of Apple's iPhone that would be compatible with Verizon Wireless' network will reportedly start shipping in the fourth quarter. — According to DigiTimes, contract equipment manufacturer Pegatron Technology is using its plants in Shanghai to manufacture CDMA iPhones.

Behind the scenes: Windows Phone 7 — Editor's note: this is the first in an occasional series of stories on the behind-the-scenes efforts by Microsoft to bring Windows Phone 7 to market. — REDMOND, Wash.—The first Windows Phone 7 devices won't hit the market until the holidays.

AT&T locks down Android again with HTC Aria — All right, I'll just say it: AT&T is the most reliable carrier in America. — Not in terms of network performance, mind you — no, I haven't gone completely nutty. AT&T, rather, is the most reliable carrier when it comes to making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Bebo - The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle? Or AOL's screw-up? — In January last year we predicted that AOL was listing a sale of Bebo as an option for the social network it had acquired for $850 million in 2008 and then effectively let languish. At the time three other sources intimately acquainted …

First replicating creature spawned in life simulator — IF YOU found a self-replicating organism living inside your computer, your first instinct might be to reach for the antivirus software. If, however, you are Andrew Wade, an avid player in the two-dimensional, mathematical universe known …

How Does the New Hotmail Stack Up to Gmail? — This may come as a surprise, but the new Microsoft Hotmail is actually pretty good. But how does it stack up to Google's email champion, Gmail? Here's a look at the good and bad of both services. — Photo remixed from creativenonfiction.org.

Paramount to end delay in providing DVDs to Redbox — Movies on DVD will be available to rent the same day they go on sale. Three other studios had recently signed deals with Redbox to block rentals of DVDs until 28 days after their release. — Setting up opposing camps among …

Bringing improved PDF support to Google Chrome — Millions of web users rely on PDF files every day to consume a wide variety of text and media content. To enable this, a number of plug-ins exist today which allow users to open PDF files inside their browsers.

Steve Ballmer Is Right: The PC Market Is Getting Bigger — At The Wall Street Journal's D8 conference in June, Apple CEO Steve Jobs compared the PC to a farm truck, saying that when America was an agrarian economy: “All cars were trucks because that's what you needed on the farm.

Working at Google - the first 6 months — So, what is it like working at Google? How is it different than working at Microsoft? I have answered that question at least 500 times in the past 6 months, so I thought I should write a more detailed answer. Google still feels like a startup.

Sharing in Google Docs just got easier — The ability to share my Google Docs is crucial to my productivity. My teammates and I often add comments to docs, collaboratively organize our feature-planning spreadsheet, and send links of interesting company presentations to each other.